Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-30
Condition of this Cotton Crop.
NEW YopE Sent u i


To the Editor OF the Gazette.
Following our custom aS this season Of
the year, ne heve made full inquiries as to
the condition Of the cotton crop and here
submit the result with our conclusions:
The early conditions Of the crop are
well known and ueed not be given in de
tell. Up to the last week IL July they
we're NEVER better. With few exceptional |
localities the entire cotton belt h5d beau |
titul Wenrher for planting and CAopPiug
ont. Nc fields were abandoned 10 grass
ss is psaalIy the case, arQ stands were
perfect. l. is difscult TO iGrTn c2y esti-
mates G; thesincrease in acreage, but It
munt nave been great, especially west OF
the Mississippi river, wnere the farming
population has c; i@ta years increased IN
marked degree.
Arkdns&s, up 20 the latter part Of July,
had the finest prospects, Tor years. TneFe
h.d been little TOO much rain in many
sections, causing the plant 10 grow too
sGppy ead Iazge. Fsom the 18Th to 20th
| JUG dry weather begin, lasting through
Angus; and in many eeCtioDs to tie pres
eut time, reducing the condition very ma
| terialiy. Little fruit being made in
August, tcare is little 3us bottom or July
c:op, es& much OF this has b8en prsm=-
| targly forced, 81 that the crop averages
&bout two weeks earlier than last year.
The Jioid promises 70 De IL peg cent IN
| DER Iass years.
| In Ta1ae She crop started of on an
ay6g1ga ah0ul two Wee6s late, but ssanda
wire good and cultivation unsurpassed,
no laads beng G5endoned. 4 dfOu!h, be-
! a!cHihg, III some sections early in July,
! Int Il2 % irIs s-T y Irly
caused much shielding and checked
| growth Rims the latter part Of August
| stzgttd 5 s@cQud growth, 8 great part OF
wGicA wcs dest@oyod by worms, but With
! late frCse gone fruit will mature. N0x1h-
uesS %eEE7, which made almost nothing
| laa1 yaxr, tnia yeGr makes g f2ir crop,
| vg1ilss Southwestern Texas is very short.
Altogether, che average yield should be :
| Li3tle &b3ve lasc seer.
In LGuisiaEs ne planting and chop
piHg-0us s4Eson wss very favorable, but
| later thayc YES too muca rain, CGusing
| ssppy growth, very susceptible 70 injury
from sbe dry, hot y7eaAaeg which began
! IN August. Worms have done crest DAM
! age, cats!ug of almost entirely late cot
ten. Yield promises to be fraction
a0Dve IesJ yeGr's.
TIE section west Of the Mississippi
wili probably yield about SIS much as Lass
seasGn.
| Tennessee has suffered more than cry
other sssie, d7outh beginning eariy in
July aud lns4ng TIL he present. Yield
will fell OF at least 25 PEI cent.
IN MissIesippi dr0uth during August
| ard TO the p-esent time caused heavy
shedding and rust. Worms stripped the
pisnt in many localities, ent he g1alk
d-inj up, Iseving no possible chance for 3
! :op.crop. Bus little fruit was saEea On in
August. Opening has beer rrema.ucel7
forced. Nothing can iDlptoye the c0nd--
ton, though much damage nay result
trou heavy rains. Tie crop in th;s state
gill, with COCO picking weather, De IS
mach as LAST ye@r.
Ic Alabama, un July 81, there was 8
severe wind and rain storm, which
wrenched and twisted the plant to such
an extent tlAt it has since done very
little. Heavy rains for several days fol-
lowed, causing much rust ard shedding
ot tIulf already formed. With August
ceme G5y, not weather, which pTema-
t1rely fastened the ripening of truis 81
ready made, and 10 considerable eX-
eent pa-cied the plsnt. Crop viii Az
erage ITO weeks earlier fasn lss1 year,
and VIII probably ell oe saved, the Jieid
about equalling last years.
Georges conditions averaged v2rT &C.
vo1able TO latter part of Jnly. Their
heavy rain storms, inc rain being excess
i've in many sections for about two weeks,
caused rank growth Of weed, bu. made
little fruit, many reporting noS.ffuit
formed since rains began. Shedding,
!. blight and rust generally prevailed Ply
hot weather following the rains forced
the fruit, much of 1t, to open prsrna-
t turely, large numbers Of the bolls being
very small. In fact, in the entire cotton
belt the bolls average smaller than toi
years. Yield will barely equal last
:. years. ! y
Il North Carolina suffered much from